The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-18
TACNA TALK.
(BY SC .APs.)

Ynma county may seem to the casual ob
 server to be upon the brink of eternal indo
 fence, but one only has to look about hin
 for ample evidence of different state O
 affairs. She may possess some very rougf and unseemly exteriors, yet there IS |
 wealth of goodness ly ing buried beneatl
 her cloudless canopy, her richest soil and natural advantages. The lich, yielding acres of her wide domain have apparently just been found by the grasI ing public.
 isolated lands that few weeks ago seemed As if takers could not be found, ale to-day .he theme of popular comalelt. Men cone aud go. Search and inquiry is the order oi the day; locations and claims the nnal re- suit. The life-sprug of hope has at last been touched; the hidden key to success has once more been found, aud the doors to
 ,ea:th stand open and ajar. The warm
 words of welcome in aeoliau strains of per lection are whispered upon the passing breeze and the sound of the clicking lnstru- dents that are cJnstru ;ting the great
 .lter-ways are in musical accord, sweet L re ear of those wLo hOIel wei, hoped. ong, hoped ever. he flItnful vigil ot tht Jrayeif al heart, finds reward in the ends, If not iI the way. The mind's youthfui aspirations has found the road, the light anG tne means. Capital, the great one tnIne
 leedful, has at last burst from the tire es ,rasp of the purse string, and is seeking its natural vocation of shedding blessings. 0. Ioing good. Yuma has long been the lean, sad faced child of fate: her parched sand nave just been found t contain those medi clted properties that impart to our air its oalm of health, purity and delight. Tn, IIesas and foothills contain that valuabi, .equisite so necessary to tine success of earl. iru.t. The dry, fos less atmosphere Is natural evapordtor for the UT n of frui Ier unrivaled water way s carry along tna
 aft of nature in bonntlful volume. Tht alden life exhibited iu the construction oi cAIals is unprecedented for activity and in ,nis race to do Yuma county a good tnr. tAe popular verdict will surely be, 9th,
 evil take the hindmost." The question a Ep what is desert land and timber land, i l)w (and timelyl being settled in Yum county. The Special Agent of the Genera Land Office has been here on tour of iu- 'pection and those who may have any Ioubts in the :.latter would do well to iA
 urm themselves before he makes a repor. md if there is any portion of tleir claim
 hat is doubtful it will be to their interest U relinquish that portion and prove up on he remainder. "A word to the wise sufficient" Mir. NJ. R. Slater is a consci encious Democratic gentleman and doeS moi take it for granted that he is after thi' f when he comes to look st . location. If man Is in error he will tell him 70. openly md above boar.l. and if he is right he does Iot hesitate to 50 iufJrm him. His visit lere may upset some claims, but he will sei It rest the question as to what is desert and under che uilng Of Mir. Commissioner spark. You may bet yoar last cent lus- sIce will be the only measure meted out. A | report is in circulation that the StanW tx | lItch, 10 feet wide on the bottom, has |. io% of water through from the river to the inrfaee of the gro md and that the settlers t old Stan Hix Stage Station are Isy irri. ga ing. blowing and planting. This is d triumph for the oriyinltors anI constructors 'nd three cheers anl a tiger is proposed )ne feature Of W lat irrigation will do has jeen demonstrated in the construction of his canal, showing that irrigation does tore up the water and that the greater lumber of ditches the more water vii: ome back to the stream. About a hali nile from the Stanwix canal are some ponds hat have been dry for some time, the bot om being ahove tile river bed Since the Tater has been turhed into the canal the eepage has travelled from the canal t. the 'onds and they are gna iually filling UT.
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